On Medium: Why Does Medium Still Allow Hit and Runs?

Read on about cancel culture, the abuse of “blocking” writers on social media, and the secular humanist ethos of critical thinking that should guide us.

On Medium: Why America Bet Everything on AI, and China Excels at Manufacturing

Here's an article about the culture clash between fraudulent individualism and pragmatic humanism, a clash that explains the difference between American and Chinese economic priorities.

On Medium: The Ultimate Test of Religion’s Plausibility

Here's an article about the test of which worldview best explains the uncontroversial data at hand, namely the existence of the world's multiplicity of religions.

On Medium: Are We Ever Awake and Not Daydreaming?

Here's an article about the cultural dreams of billions of sleepwalkers, and what it means psychologically and socially for life to be dreamlike.

On Medium: Psychiatrists Don’t Dictate Who’s Mentally Healthy

Read on about social conformity, the psychiatric struggle to define “mental disorder,” and the philosophical judgment of social norms.

On Medium: Taylor Swift and Art’s Neoshamanic Purpose

Here's an article about superstardom after the death of art, and whether Taylor Swift fulfills art's neoshamanic purpose.

On Medium: Hypocrisy is Inescapable for Internally Divided Brains

Read on about the cognitive and social causes of hypocrisy and the quixotic quest for flawless consistency.

On Medium: No One Likes Talking About Men

Here's an article about the strange disparity between between stories about maleness and femaleness on Medium.

On Medium: Why Humanists Should Denounce Cancel Culture

Read on about the dubious metaphor behind progressive and conservative dismissals of people, and why humanists should reject cancel culture.

On Medium: Instagram at the Frontier of Our Hypocrisy in the Wild

Read on about Instagrammers' confusion about role in nature, and whether we should help troubled wild animals or leave them to their fates.